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Cyd 2b8ca921cb Initial full mirror of c:\VWE (source + assets + toolchain + outputs) via Git LFS

Complete disaster-recovery snapshot: engine/game source, game data assets,
VC6 toolchain + DX SDKs, build outputs, deployed game, and _UNUSED archive.
Large binaries in Git LFS; text preserved byte-for-byte (core.autocrlf=false,
no eol attributes). See RECOVERY.md for the one-clone rebuild procedure.

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This repo is a complete mirror of C:\VWE (source + game assets + the VC6 toolchain + SDKs + build outputs + the deployed game + the _UNUSED archive). Nothing is excluded. Large binaries are stored in Git LFS. A single clone reconstitutes a working tree.

On a fresh Windows machine

Install Git for Windows (includes Git LFS) — or Git + git-lfs separately.
Enable long paths before cloning (this tree has deep VC98/MFC paths > 260 chars):
```
git config --global core.longpaths true
git config --global core.autocrlf false
git lfs install
```
(Also enable the OS setting: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled = 1.)
Clone to the same location so the absolute paths baked into the toolchain config resolve:
```
git clone <gitea-url>/firestorm.git C:\VWE
```
git clone pulls LFS objects automatically. If any are missing: cd C:\VWE && git lfs pull.

After restore — make it buildable / runnable

Build toolchain (VC6): import the registry config (ELEVATED), per build-env\README.md:
```
reg import C:\VWE\build-env\vc6-hklm-registration.reg
reg import C:\VWE\build-env\vc6-directories.reg
```
Then build Gameleap\code\mw4\Code\MechWarrior4.dsw (see CLAUDE.md STEP 1/3), or just use the already-mirrored Gameleap\code\rel.bin / pro.bin binaries.
Run the game: build-env\deploy-mw4.ps1 reassembles C:\VWE\MW4 and applies the Win11 DirectDraw compat shim; or run the already-mirrored C:\VWE\MW4\MW4.exe after re-applying the shim (AppCompat is keyed on exe path, so a new machine needs it re-set — the deploy script does this).
Editor: Gameleap\mw4\run-editor.bat (installed in place; see CLAUDE.md STEP 9).

Notes

core.autocrlf=false — line endings are preserved byte-for-byte; keep it that way.
The mirror includes machine-specific bits (registry exports, deploy AppCompat). They restore the files, but registry/AppCompat state must be re-imported on the new machine (steps above).
See CLAUDE.md for the full build/runtime reconstruction history and README.md for the layout.

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Disaster recovery — rebuild this machine from the Gitea mirror

On a fresh Windows machine

After restore — make it buildable / runnable

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